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AYODHYAKANDA
 
यद्विना भरतं त्वां च शत्रुघ्नं चापि मानद ।
भवेन्मम सुख किञ्चिद्भस्म तत् कुरुतां शिखी ॥
 
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O fountain of honour, may fire consume
to ashes anything which may bring me
happiness if it is without Bharata, your-
self and Satrughna!
 
मन्येऽहमागतोऽयोध्यां भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः ।
मम प्राणात् प्रियतरः कुलधर्ममनुस्मरन् ।
श्रुत्वा प्रत्राजितं मां हि जटावल कलधारिणम् ।
जानक्या सहितं वीर त्वया च पुरुषर्षभ ।
स्नेहेनाक्रान्तहृदयः शोकेनाकुलितेन्द्रियः ।
द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो ह्येष भरतो नान्यथाऽऽगतः ॥
 
O hero and best of men, I think, that
Bharata who loves his brothers and is
dearer to me than my own life, having
arrived at Ayodhya and remembering
the law of our family and hearing of the
banishment of myself wearing matted
locks and bark garments along with Sita
and yourself, – Bharata, with his heart
 
full of affection and with his faculties
agitated through sorrow, is come indeed
to see us. He is not come for any other
purpose.